4870X2 Serious Heating Issues

[ConnectionFX]

I have serious heat issues with my Sapphire 4870X2

Its all clean even with the case open fur mark artifacts and temps hit 80

Fan speed = 50%
Idle = 38
1 Minute Markfur = 76
Drivers= 9.1
Clocking= Stock

Any advice?

 

[Torquar]

Try it with the fan at 100%. It will sound like a jet engine however . I normally leave it at 60-70%when gaming.

The 4870x2 just seems like a card that could really use a decent 3rd party cooler.

I noticed some artifacting in Vantage at stock too, but it went away when I reduced the voltage on my system ram. Possibly unrelated but maybe worth a look.

 

[ConnectionFX]

nope at 100% it still artifacts at about 1 minute

 

[Yulaw]

I wouldn't have thought 80c was to hot my 260gtx reach 85c easily.
Is it just fur mark that has the problem or is it showing artifacts in games to.

 

[ConnectionFX]

80c at 100% fan is not normal for my card.... at 100% when the card was new it stressed Furmark at about 53c now its hitting 80c

the card idles fine though at 36c

Cleaned the fans and the heatsink.

 

[Yulaw]

Sorry was replying to your first post

 

[ConnectionFX]

Hmm thats interesting. if i disable overdrive it runs at 90c stable with case open but without artifacts and idles at 70c.

the card is certainly reaching those temps and not reporting a flse negative as the heat coming out is enough to warm my coffee

i wonder if its a 9.1 bug? possible overclocking te card? i tryed setting CC to defualts and then use fan speed to 100% with no luck

 

[londonbairn]

Something sounds wrong, those temps sound very high TBH

 

[Guru]

Clocking= Stock

...if i disable overdrive it runs at 90c stable with case open but without artifacts and idles at 70c...

I'm confused.

Is the card overclocked or not when you get artifacts?

 

[ConnectionFX]

control panel says no its not overclocked. i was just speculating the possability of the new driver update overclocking without me knowing but reporting stock speeds. it was just an idea